Milk-pail.



No. 817,575. PATENTED APR.10, 1906. J. LOWE.

MILK PAIL.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- JOHN LOIVE, OF HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.

MILK-PAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed August 30,1905. Serial No. 276,337.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LOWE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Hutchinson, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, haveinvented a new and Improved Milk-Pail, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to milk-pails, and constitutes an improvement onthe device described in Letters Patent, No. 669,553, granted to me March12, 1901. The said patent relates to an attachment for milk-pails whichwill enable the pail to present supports or yokes on opposite sides ofthe body of the pail, and which are adapted to support the pail from theknees in milking.

The object of the present invention is to provide improved means forattaching the said supports or yokes to the end that they may benormally held out of the way and against the side of the pail, butenabling them to be readily thrown into the projecting position adaptingthem for use in the manner described.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and definitely set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specifica tion, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a milk-pail provided with my invention.Fig. 2 1s a side elevation of a portion of the upper edge of themilk-pail and showing the manner of attaching one of the supports oryokes, In this view the support is represented as broken away, as isalso the bail of the pail, and this view represents the support in theposition which it occupies when resting against the side of the pail.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but representing the support or yokein the position which it occupies when extended so as to project fromthe pail-body. This view also shows a slightly-modified arrangement forattaching the bail; and Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken on the line 4 4of Fig. 2, but looking upwardly.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the body of thepail, which is of any common form, as shown. In applying my invention Iemploy a pair of oppositelydisposed socket-plates 2 and 2 which areattached near the upper edge of the pail, as illustrated. These platesare preferably of substantially oval form and have upwardly-projectingears 3, which extend above the upper edge of the pail to facilitate theattachment of the usual bail 4. The socket-plates 2" and 2 are similarin construction, but opposite that is, one is a right-hand and the othera lefthand plate. The socket-plate 2 is very clearly illustrated in Fig.2. Its body is pressed outwardly near its middle, so as to form aninclined groove or channel 5 on the inner face of the plate, as shownmost clearly in Fig. 4. In this channel or groove 5 there is rotatablymounted the shank 6 of one of the yokes or supports 7 These yokes arepreferably formed of stout wire, as indicated. The shank extends intothe groove from the lower extremity thereof and near this point is bentto form a bight 8. Beyond the bight 8 a sub stantially straight neck 9unites the bight 8 with the body 10 of the yoke. The yokes 7 are bentsubstantially as shown, so that the bodies 10 are curved upwardly, asindicated at 11 in Fig. 1, so as to enable the pail to be hungconveniently between the knees when the yokes are extended, as shown. Itshould be understood that the yokes 7 normally lie folded againstthebody 1 of the pail, as indicated by the dotted lines 12 in Fig. 1. Theform of the yokes is such that when folded in this manner they conformsubstantially to the curvature of the pail and lie normally against itsouter face, as will be readily understood.

I provide means for holding the yokes 7 resiliently in either extendedor folded position. Referring especially to Fig. 2, for this purpose Iprovide a leaf-spring 13, which is attached suitably at 14 to thesocket-plate 2*, projecting downwardly and substantially at right anglesto the axis of the groove or socket 5. The spring 13 is bent, so as topresent substantially the form shown in Fig. 4, having a body 15, whichlies substantially parallel with the outer side of the pail, and aninclined neck 16 with a shank 17, which is attached to the socket-plate.The outer extremity of the body 15 terminates in a hook 18, which turnstoward the body of the pail, as shown. The neck 9 referred to above liesin the space between the body 15 and the body of the pail. When theyokes are folded against the side of the pail, the neck 9 occupies theposition shown in Figs. 2 and 4, lying near the outer extremity of thebody 15 and adjacent to the hook 18. From this arrangement the spring 13will evidently operate to maintain the IIO yoke in its folded position.When it is desired to extend the yoke, its extremity will be forcedoutwardly, so as to rotate the yoke upon the axis of its shank or pintle6. If such a movement is continued sufficiently, the neck 9 eventuallycomes into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 and so that itwill lie adjacent to the inclined neck 16 of the spring. l/Vhcnoccupying this position, evidently the spring will operate to resist aforce tending to close the yoke against the body of the pail. From thisarrangement the yokes may be readily opened out, so as to project inopposite directions on opposite sides of the pail, facilitating thesupporting of the pail be tween the knees. Normally, however, the yokeswill be carried in a folded position, lying against the side of thepail, as will be readily understood. In either position which they mayoccupy the spring, in connection with each socket-plate, tends to holdits corresponding yoke against accidental displacement.

While I prefer to form the ears 3 integral with the bodies of thesocket-plates 2 and 2 I may adopt the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, inwhich the ears 19 are separate from the socket-plates 20. Thisarrangement is desirable, as it facilitates the ready attachment of thedevice to pails which are already constructed or in use withoutnecessitating the removal of the bail. In this figure the yoke isrepresented in its open or extended position, at which time the neck 9occupies the position 9 (Indicated in Fig. 4.)

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A milk-pail having a supporting-yoke attachedthereto, having an extended and a folded position, and means forresiliently maintaining said yoke in either of said positions.

2. A milk-pail having a supporting-yoke attached at the side thereof,having a folded position, and means for resiliently maintaining saidyoke in said folded position.

3. A milk-pail having a socket-plate attached to the body thereof, ayoke movably mounted in said socket-plate and adapted'to assume a foldedposition and an extended position, and a spring engaging said yoke andresiliently resisting the movement thereof.

4. A milk-pail having a socket-plate at .tached thereto, a yoke having ashank mounted in said socket-plate and having a neck disposed adjacentto said shank, and a spring engaging said neck and yieldingly resistingthe movement of said yoke.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN LOWE.

Witnesses:

J. T. CHRIsMAN, A. W. TYLER.

